The Beer Barn at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Staff Photographer

INDIO>> Tucked away in the Terrace area of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a craft beer lovers oasis.

This year marks the arrival of the Beer Barn featuring 100 different artisanal brews from throughout the world, said Tony Yanow, who curated the list and is behind the highly popular restaurants Mohawk Bend and Tony’s Darts Away.

“(Goldenvoice) were trying to do with beer the same that they’ve done with music — give people a big variety; give them a new experience,” Yanow said Saturday afternoon.

While there are 100 selections in total, about 40 are being served.

The selections are coming from all over the world and because of the logistics of that, Yanow said, they only got a keg of each brew.

On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd had already assembled in the wood and steel ceiling barn.

At the bar was Diane Vo of Santa Clara who picked up a 29 Palms Pale Ale.

“I like pale ales,” she said. “It’s really good they had this, there’s a lot of beers that I haven’t had before.”

Vo, 24, said she plans to comeback and try other brews.

Also with her was Clayton Wang, 22, of Diamond Bar, who was trying the Port Brewing Mango.

“I’m really happy this is here. I really don’t like Heineken,” he said.

Which is exactly what Yanow was betting on.

“I think they know a healthy percentage of their patrons really love craft beers,” he said.